2006 M. Chapoutier Châteauneuf-du-Pape Barbe Rac

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  3/22/2024 - etyc Likes this wine:

  Guessed this as a Rhone-varietal wine, but didn't get CdP as this came across as a bit light-footed... but I did like the elegance...

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  8/19/2023 - whitmanlholt Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Popped and poured. This is a light red wine with a pale orange rim. There is very minor sediment throughout the bottle. On the nose, I get very ripe strawberry, cherry, brown sugar, and some slight raisin. In the mouth, this shows ripe red fruit with hint of spice. The moderately long, juicy finish displays cherry sauce and plum sauce. Overall, this is distinct and obviously pure Grenache. It initially feels somewhat tired, but opens nicely with air. I’d suggest drinking up now-2026 with a 30-45 minute decant. 91 points.

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  3/11/2023 - robmatic wrote: 89 Points

  Stiff, fruit seems to have weakened a bit much. Quite sharply herbal, and drying raspberry extract, Drink up.

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  10/15/2022 - hargy Likes this wine: 92 Points

  a big delicious wine but sadly my last - good for quite a few years yet!

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  6/24/2020 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  from magnum and certainly mature, I found this delicious, quite complex and unmistakably grenache - I would drink over the next couple of years

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